Jeffrey M. Berry

American Politics, Political Behavior
John Richard Skuse Professor
Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 1974

Biography

Jeffrey Berry's research has focused on policymaking in Washington, interest groups, Massachusetts politics, nonprofits, and urban government. Recent books include Lobbying and Policy Change and A Voice for Nonprofits. He is the recipient of many awards, including the Samuel Eldersveld Career Achievement Award, the Tufts Distinguished Scholar Award, and the American Political Science Association's Gladys Kammerer Award for The Rebirth of Urban Democracy.

Courses

PS 15, "Sophomore Seminar: Politics in the City"
PS 101, "Presidency and the Executive Branch"
PS 102, "Congress, Bureaucracy, and Public Policy"
PS 113, "Nonprofits and Civil Society"

Publications & Working Papers

Strengthening America's Nonprofits Project:

• A Voice for Nonprofits (Brookings Institution 2003)
• Surveying Nonprofits: A Methods Handbook (Aspen Institute 2003)
• "The Lobbying Law is More Charitable Than They Think," (Washington Post)
• "Nonprofits Groups Shouldn't Be Afraid to Lobby," (Chronicle of Philanthropy)
• Lobbying and Charities: a Quiz

Lobbying and Policy Change:

• Lobbying and Policy Change (University of Chicago Press, 2009)
• "Does Money Buy Power?", paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 2007
• "Washington: The Real No-Spin Zone", paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, August 2007.
• Project website, Advocacy and Public Policymaking

Urban Politics and Policymaking:

• "Power and Interest Groups in City Politics", Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston, Kennedy School of Government
• "Urban Nonprofits, City Governance, and the Pursuit of Sustainability in American Cities" (with Kent E. Portney, Kelli Farrington, and Kathryn Bond), paper delivered at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Toronto, September 2009

Elite Interviewing:

• "Validity and Reliability in Elite Interviewing," PS (December, 2002)

The New Liberalism:

• The New Liberalism: The Rising Power of Citizen Groups (Brookings Institution, 1999)
• Newsweek article about The New Liberalism

Surveys and Research Documents:

• Surveying Nonprofits: A Methods Handbook (Aspen Institute, 2003)
• Interview protocols for Power and Interest Groups in City Politics:
  • Administrators
  • City Councilors
  • Group Advocates
• Interview protocols for Lobbying and Policy Change
• Questionnaires for "Cities Face the Future" project
  • Administrators
  • City Councilors
  • Group Advocates

Work in Progress:

My current major project (with sociologist Sarah Sobieraj) examines the technological, regulatory, political, economic, and cultural changes that have incentivized the spread of political discourse intended to provoke emotional response -- be it anger, fear, or moral indignation.

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